22nd January 2018 DVC Research Showcase: Call for Poster Presentations

Jointly hosted by PedRIO  |  Sustainable Earth Institute (SEI)  |  Institute for Social, Policy, and Enterprise Research (iSPER)  |  Arts Institute Effective Community Engagement Devonport Guildhall, January 22nd 13:30 – 17:00 This multi-Institute event will showcase past and ongoing University work with a range of stakeholders, as part of the DVC’s Research Showcase at the… Continue reading 22nd January 2018 DVC Research Showcase: Call for Poster Presentations

Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017

Adam Whiting in Heaven is a Place (2014)

A film made by Plymouth University practitioner-researchers, Kayla Parker, Roberta Mock and Ruth Way, is currently screening for a month as part of the Out of Borders Venice International Experimental Art Festival. Heaven is a Place is a community dance film made in collaboration with the advocacy organisation, Pride in Plymouth. It was part of an EU-funded cultural project… Continue reading Plymouth LGBT dance film exhibited in Venice until 16 January 2017

Feature: “The Challenge of Connecting Communities”

BY ALAN BUTLER In retrospect, one of the more surprising things that characterised my PhD project was the need to continuously negotiate and renegotiate a variety roles, along with their associated labels. Some of these, I must admit, did not always automatically sit comfortably with me. My thesis, “Performing LGBT Pride in Plymouth, 1950 to 2012,” considered how… Continue reading Feature: “The Challenge of Connecting Communities”